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Message: [QUOTE="JeepCSC, post: 2337605, member: 3214"] I don't know what you mean by geographically in no man's land. Florida, Georgia, SC, NC, and Virginia account for basically 30% of all D1 recruits in the nation. The core B10 recruiting area of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Indiana account for less than half that, roughly what Florida produces on its own. And obviously the disparity is only growing. And when FSU struggles, Miami, Clemson, and VPI are a stronger threesome than whatever the Pac trots out outside USC. It's probably not stronger than what the B10 could field as far as secondary programs, though again, Clemson has played for more titles in the last two years (2) than any non-Ohio State B10 team has played for in the BCS/playoff era (0). The biggest difference between the B10 and the Pac/ACC is that the third tier of the B10 (basically the top of the B10 West) is stronger than UNC, Louisville, Cal, Arizona State, whatever. What the ACC can't have happen is mediocre coaches and past-their-prime legends at their top 5 or so programs, which is what did happen last decade. No conference can truly survive that, but the ACC was particularly hit hard because they don't have the 100,000 fan bases which will watch a loss to App State and come back for more the next weekend. [/QUOTE]